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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by Nevermark on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:18PM (#39137329)
Apple markets the iPad Pro as a general purpose computer, like a MacBook, where dual ended USB-C connectivity is taken for granted (in part due to Apple).

Given different roles and low numbers of iPad Pro's vs. iPhones, I don't think any cross over assumptions can be made.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by GeekyBear on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:25PM (#39137387)
> Apple could view an iPad Pro as needing USB-C ports

The iPad Air as well as the plain old iPad had also gotten standard USB C ports with zero restrictions before this particular conspiracy theory became popular.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by oblio on Friday January 26, 2024 @04:29AM (#39140520)
The iPad is nice, so is MacOS. But the iPhone is the linchpin to Apple's strategy.

If the iPhone were to disappear tomorrow and Apple were banned from ever making phones, Apple's moat would most likely collapse.

If the iPad went away tomorrow, Apple would just lose billions or tens of billions of dollars in revenue and not much else would change.

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